Bryant H. McGill Quotes
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'
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In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in the book world, things keep changing by the second.
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Defeatism is the wretchedest of policies.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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I feel like I've had very few bad experiences but even those I look back on and really feel like if it weren't for them, I wouldn't be where I am. I look back on them all the time and constantly feel like I owe it to the other projects that I've made that have gotten me to where I am.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Are you satisfied with where you are and the direction you are going? If not, take control of your life and change whatever needs to be changed. You and only you have the power to do this. You can change your world!
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The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.
